5.07 Biological Chemistry
Fall 2006
Instructors: Daniel S Kemp, Stuart S Licht
TAs: Rachael Marie Buckley, William Hillmann, Ellen Minnihan, Lars Plate, Christian Schubert
Lecture: MWF9 (32-123)
Subject Description:
Chemical and physical properties of the cell and its building blocks. Structures of proteins and principles of catalysis. The chemistry of organic/inorganic cofactors required for chemical transformations within the cell. Basic principles of metabolism and regulation in pathways including: glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, fatty acid synthesis/degradation, pentose phosphate pathway, Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation, DNA replication, and transcription and translation.
Announcements
Final Exam Statistics posted!
Please find the stats regarding yesterday's final exam on Stellar under 'Document Index/Exams'.http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/5/fa06/5.07/materials.html#topic5
Have a great break everyone and Happy Holidays!
Announced on 21 December 2006 5:36 p.m. by Christian Schubert
5.07 Final Exam: Material provided and needed!
For the 5.07 Final Exam on Wednesday, Dec 20, you will be provided with a standard table displaying the genetic code. You don't have to copy the table from V & V onto your cheat sheets!You will NOT be provided with an extra cheat sheet displaying the 20 natural amino acids. Therefore, you are strongly encouraged to put the structures, names, one- and three-letter codes, as well as the side-chain pKa-values (where applicable) on your handwritten cheat sheets!
Further, you will need a SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR during the final exam. Please bring a calculator along to the final individually! Calculators cannot be shared during the exam period!
Good luck!
Announced on 18 December 2006 4:41 p.m. by Christian Schubert
Standard genetic code will be provided
The standard genetic code will be provided on the final exam, so you don't have to include it in your notes.Prof. Licht
Announced on 15 December 2006 6:06 p.m. by Stuart Licht
Practice Final Exams posted!
The 5.07 Final Exams from 2003 - 2005 including an answerkey have been posted on the course website under 'Document Index/Past Exams'. We strongly recommend to practice these exams in additional preparation for the final exam next Wednesday! Good luck to all of you!Announced on 14 December 2006 9:58 a.m. by Christian Schubert
Next week's recitations & final exam!
(1) Next Wednesday, December 13, will be the last day of classes - that means there won't be any recitations on Thursday. We therefore strongly encourage all students who have so far been attending recitations on Thursdays to attend any of the recitation offered Monday through Wednesday next week to catch up on material that has been covered today and will be covered next week! There's enough space to accommodate everyone in the recitations so nobody has to miss out on material that has not been covered in recitation yet. Don't hesitate to attend recitation next week!(2) For the final exam on Wednesday, December 20, you'll be allowed 12 pages of handwritten notes (back and front). The idea is that you already have 6 pages from HE 3 and HE 4, which leaves you with 6 more pages available for material that has been covered in HE 1 and HE 2 as well as material covered after HE 4.
Let us know if you have any questions or concerns!
Announced on 08 December 2006 12:05 p.m. by Christian Schubert
